Horses and mules in the Civil War
Subtitle: a complete history with a roster of more than 700 war horses
By: Gene C. Armistead
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780786473632
Subjects: Horses; Confederate States of America; United States. Army. Cavalry; War horses; United States; Mules; Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry; Cavalry operations; History
Description: " Using firsthand accounts, the many uses of equines during the war, the methods by which they were obtained, their costs, their suffering on the battlefields and roads, their consumption by soldiers, and racing, mounted music and other themes are all addressed. "--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: For want of a horse (or mule); title: Recruiting the equines; title: Costs, preferences, transportation and training; title: Lost on the field of battle; title: Lack of feed, bad roads and poor care; title: Runaways, stampedes and Wauhatchie; title: The lightning mule brigade; title: Hippophagy; title: Equines and morale; title: War's end and remembrance; title: The naming of Civil War equines; title: Roster of Civil War equine veterans.